African writing award probe finds ‘no evidence’ winning story was AI generated

Source: MyJoyOnline · 2026-11-11T21:09:00.000Z · Artificial Intelligence

The Caine Prize for African Writing has said that after an internal review it has found no evidence that Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza had used generative AI to write his winning short story and confirmed him as the winner of this year's £10,000 ($13,000) award.

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